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- 8/10/2017
Ontario launches online tool for wait times for surgeries
The tool will allow patients to compare wait times across hospitals - 8/9/2017
American pharmacy chains improve patient safety measures
American pharmacy giant CVS says it has upgraded computer alert systems in pharmacies nation-wide to better protect patients. This comes in the aftermath of a Chicago Tribune article last year that exposed pharmacies often fail to warn patients about deadly drug combinations. - 8/9/2017
Quebec-trained doctor sentenced to 35 years in U.S. prison for $375-million medical fraud
Dr. Jaques Roy has been a part of a number of troubling cases since the mid-1990s - 8/9/2017
Arnprior hospital and doctor being sued by patient in $5-million malpractice suit
Patient alleges that his health-care providers failed to appreciate the urgency of a hernia that ruptured and sent him into septic shock - 8/9/2017
Educational efforts reduce docusate use in hospitalized patients
Alberta pharmacists reduce use of stool softener that has limited efficacy in preventing constipation